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Proposing a Compartmental Model for Leprosy and Parameterizing Using Regional Incidence in Brazil

Hansen’s disease (HD), or leprosy, is still considered a public health risk in much of Brazil. Understanding the dynamics of the infection at a regional level can aid in identification of targets to improve control. A compartmental continuous-time model for leprosy dynamics was designed based on und...

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Autor principal: Smith, Rebecca Lee
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4993072/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27532862
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004925